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PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

No. 378,396. Patented Feb. 21, 1388.

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PATENT EUGENE S. HEllIMENlVAY, OF BOSTON, AND GEORGE F. STRATTON, OF MAL- DEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO THE E. S. HEMMENVVAY COM PAXY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

PlLLOW SHAM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,396, dated February 21, 1888.

Application filed February 26, 188:]. Serial No. 228,974. (N model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EUGENE S. HEMMEN WAY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and GEORGE F. s'rnnr'ron, of Malden, in the county of Middlesemand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to pillow-sham hold- [0 ers of a class adapted to sustain the sham in proper position over the pillow during the day, or when the bed is not in use, andbe folded up with the sham when it is desired to occupy the bed or gain access to the pillows.

It is the object of our invention to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the character mentioned which, when detached from the bed, shall be capable of being folded conipactly for storage or transportation.

It is also the object of our invention to so improve the means by which the device is connected with the bedstead as that the liability of it becoming unintentionally detached therefrom will be minimized and damage thereto avoided.

It is alsotho object of our invention to provide other improvements incidental to the foregoing, all of which we will now proceed to describe, so that others may make and use the same, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this speci' fication, in which drawings- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a pillow-sham holder embodying our invention, the main bar being extensible and the frame formed in two parts adapted to be connected with and disconnected from each other. Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view showing the manner in which the two parts of the frame, as represented in Fig. 1, are connected. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1, representing the bar in closed position and the two parts of the frame as disconnected from the other and folded. Fig. 3 is a view somewhat similar to Fig.1, the frame being shown formed as two separate or disconnected and independent part-s. Fig. 4 is a. top

plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front view of Fig. 3, representing the device as closed and folded. Fig. 6 is a. front elevation of a slightly-modified form of the structure shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a rep resentation of the device shown in Fig. 6 closed and folded. Fig. 8 is a representation of the 5 improved pillow-sham holder as adapted to a single non-extensible bar, the securing-loops integrally connected with the frame being adapted to slide on the bar, and detachably connected therewith. Fig. 9 is a front view of Fig. 8, the attaching-loops being disconnected from the bar and the frame being folded. Fig. 10 is a view somewhat similar to Fig. 8, the attaching-loops connected with the frame being pivoted to the bar. Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 10, showing the device as folded. Fig. 12 is also a view similar to Fig. 8, showing the attaching arm or loop made independent from the frame and as adjustable on the bar. Fig. 13 is a perspective detail showing 7-3 the improved form of the attaching-arm. Fig. 14 is also a perspective detail showing an improvement whereby chafing or marring of the bedstead by the use of the device is avoided.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts wherever they occur.

In carrying out our invention we construct a frame of wire of suitable dimensions and form, which frame consists of lengths of wire a a b b b, jointed or pivoted together at c c, the parts I) b 6 being pivotally connected, as at d d, to the main bar 6. o prefer to form the wire frame in two parts, as shown on Sheet 1 of the drawings, and to make bar 6 also in two parts, arranging the latter so thatone part will slide upon and be guided by the other, in this manner making said bar 0 extensible, in order to adjust it to bedsteads or head-boards of different widths and permit of it being arranged in compact form when detached from the bed 0 for storage or shipment.

Referring to Figs. 1,1, and 2, it will be seen that one part ofthe wire frame is connected to one part of bar 6, and the other part ofthe frame to the other part of said bar, each of said wire frames being provided on its lower or outer corner adjacent to the other frame with a projecting finger, f, terminating in a loop or hook, 9, whereby it may be connected with the wire a or a of the adjacent frame, so that when bar 0 is extended or moved from open to closed position, or vice versa, wire I) of one frame will be guided by wire a of the other frame, and wire 11 of the latter frame by wire a of the first-mentioned frame, one frame in this manner serving to support and main tainin rigid condition the other. In this structare, when it is desired to fold the wire frame on the bar e, as represented in Fig. 2, the hooks g of fingers f are disconnected from the wires on which they are arranged to slide, when the lengths of wires comprising the frame may be turned on their pivots or joints 0 cand their pivotal connections d with the bar e, so as to fold the entire device into compact shape, as shown.

Each wire b at its upper or inner end extends transversely through the end of bar 6, and is formed into a U-shaped arm or loop, h, by means of which the device may be connected with screw-eyes i or other equivalent devices attached to the bedstead. One branch, h, (see Fig. 13,) of said U-shaped arm h is free, which enables the user to spring it outward away from bar e, and thus permit said arm to he engaged with the screw-eye. This U shaped form of arm it constitutes a construction which permits of perfect freedom of operation of the device in the raising or lowering of the same, and renders it less liable to become detached from the screw-eyes than though said arm were formed as a straight piece with a hooked end, as has heretofore been done. Each part of the bar 6 has a ferrule,j, secured to its inner end, through which the body of the other part slides, which construction provides for keeping the two parts together and properly guiding them in their longitudinal movements.

In Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 6 one part of the bar e is adapted to slide upon the other, and in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 the parts of said bar are arranged to slide side by side, as shown. In the latter figures, also, the wire frame is made in separate independent parts-that is, one part is in no way connected with or dependent in its operations upon the other part, except that both are connected with the bar 6.

In Figs. 8 to 12, inclusive, we have shown the wire frame constructed as a single part, of lengths of wire jointed or pivoted together somewhat as each part of the frame in the other figures, this jointed connection of the several lengths of wire permitting of the device being folded, as shown in Figs. 9 and 11.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the U shaped arm vh is adapted to slide on bar e and be disconnected therefrom when it is desired to fold the frame, as shown in the last-mentioned figure. To further facilitate this operation of folding the frame, the middle or intermediate wire, I), of the frame is jointed, as represented at c.

In instances where the U-shaped arm is integrally connected with the wires 1) of the frame and is pivotally connected with bar 6 when the frame is folded, said U-shaped arms are at the same time turned down from a position substantially at right angles to the bar to a position substantially parallel therewith, as shown.

In Fig. 12 the U-shapcd armh, instead of being formed as an integral part of one of the frame-wires, is made separate and independent therefrom, and is adapted to he slid along on the bar 6, in order to adapt the device to bedsteads or the like of varying sizes or widths.

The form of arm h and relationship thereof to bar 0, just described, is also illustrated in Fig. 14, wherein is also shown a plate, 12, secured to a post of the bedstead by means of a screw, 8, and screw-eye'i, against which plates the arms h and bar 6 rest and bear in the op erations of the device, so that the latter is prevented from in any way chafing or marring' the bedstead.

The U-shaped supportwire adapted to he slid or adjusted to different points along the bar 0 is not herein claimed, said contrivance being made the subject-matter of a claim in our application filed September 9, 1886, Serial No. 213,184.

Having thus described our invention, whatwe claim is- 1. A pillow sham holder'composed of a bar having U-shaped arms inprovided with a vertical locking portion, h, and adapted to be engaged with devices on the bedstead, and a frame composed of lengths of wire jointed or pivoted to each other and to the bar, as set forth.

2. Apillow-sham holder consisting ofa bar, e, and a frame composed oflengths of wire detachably jointed or pivoted to each other and pivotally connected to the bar to permit themto fold parallel therewith, as set forth.

3. A pillow-sham holder consisting of a bar and a frame composed of lengths of wire jointed or pivoted to each other and pivotally connected to the bar,in combination with U-shaped arms 71, having a vertical locking portion, h, said frame being made in two independent sections, as set forth.

4. A pillow-sham holder consisting of a bar and a frame composed of lengths of wire jointed or pivoted to each other and pivotally connectedto the bar, said frame being made in two independent sections, each sec tion being provided with ahooked finger, fg, go detachably engage the other section, as set orth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of February, 1887.

EUGENE S. HEMMENYVAY.

GEORGE F. STRATTON. \Vitnesses: 1

C. F. Bnown, ARTHUR W. CROSSLEY. 

